American black/death metal legends ACHERON will celebrate the Halloween release of their new album, "Rebirth: Metamorphosing into Godhood", by playing two back-to-back concerts in Ohio. They are scheduled to perform tonight (Oct. 31) at Never On Sunday's Club in Silvertown and tomorrow night (Nov. 1) at Illusions in Columbus. For more information, visit

Video footage of VELVET REVOLVER's two-song acoustic set from the Susan Holmes Fashion Show in Culver City, California Thursday night (Oct. 30) has been posted online at this location. As previously reported, the band started off with a cover of THE ROLLING STONES' "Angie", and proceeded to play a ballad called "You Got ...

Week-TV reports that BLACK 'N BLUE tour manager is slightly injured after a stabbing that occurred in Downtown Peoria, Illinois Friday morning (October 31). The incident happened on a tour bus that was being used by BLACK 'N BLUE and the BULLETBOYS on their joint U.S. tour. According to witnesses, the driver of the bus ...

A live performance video of LIFE OF AGONY's "River Runs Red", recorded in Hamburg, Germany on October 22 during the band's European tour, has been posted online at this location (Quicktime required). ...

French black metal band SETH will enter Excess Studios in Rotterdam, Holland on December 4 to begin recording their fourth album, tentatively due in February/March through Avantgarde Music. Among the tracks set to appear on the CD are "Umbilical Cutting", "Xtasian Ostix" and "Co-existent Species". The group's lineup during the recording sessions will consist of ...

AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE) has set "Ayreon: The Human Equation" as the title for the group's forthcoming CD, tentatively due in May 2004 through an as-yet-undetermined label. Among the guest vocalists scheduled to appear on the album are James LaBrie (DREAM THEATER), Devon Graves (a.k.a. Buddy Lackey, DEAD SOUL TRIBE, ex-PSYCHOTIC WALTZ), Magnus ...

Mark Gorman from the VIRGIN STEELE Home Office has posted the following update on the band's official web site: "VIRGIN STEELE are back in the studio completing the final recordings and mixes on [vocalist] David DeFeis' 'Barbaric-Romantic Movie Of The Mind' ..... the 'Lilith' soundtrack. All is going quite well, and apparently there is enough ...

When BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes, known in his native Norway as "Greven" (Norwegian for "The Count"), failed to return to return to prison as scheduled following a short leave, he contemplated leaving Norway behind for good and joining the French Foreign Legion, according to the daily newspaper Nettavisen. "He had no concrete plan except that ...

THE DICTATORS have recorded a new version of "16 Forever" for inclusion on a disc paying tribute to Swedish rockers THE NOMADS. Also appearing on the album, titled "20 Years Too Soon" are THE HELLACOPTERS, ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN, THE SEWERGROOVES, BOB HUND, and SONS OF CYRUS, among others. The CD will be released in November on ...

TheKansasCityChannel.com reports that police were called out (KCTV Video) to control a crowd of concert-goers unhappy after MARILYN MANSON, featured attraction at a "Freakers Ball" event Thursday night (October 30), ended his show early when fans pushed down a barrier. According to accounts from people attending the concert at the Kansas City International ...